sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to watch steadily; to stare
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
the other day; lately; recently
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
same family (race, tribe)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
dozens; scores of; decades
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to unfold; to unroll; to open
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
just a handful; only a small number (of)
protracted war; war of attrition